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. >>> finally, some relief is heading to the victims of superstorm sandy. we'll have much more, much, much more is needed. >>> and living in fear, trying to escape and suffering from more than just war. inside a camp for syrian refugees that is still in harm's way. [ male announcer ] break the grip of back or arthritis pain with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. >>> help is on the way for people who lost so much during superstorm sandy. president obama signed into law a 9.7 billion sandy relief package. it was the first legislative package of the new congress. lawmakers will consider a $51 billion relief bill on january 15th. some people were outraged that house speaker boehner cancelled a vote tuesday on the entire aid package. sandy devastated parts of the northeast more than two months ago. >>> earlier i spoke with our political regulars, elsi granders granderson. elzi is a senior writer for espn, and anna is a republican strategist. we talked about the fiscal cliff and the
. >>> finally, some relief is heading to the victims of superstorm sandy. we'll have much more, much, much more is needed. >>> and living in fear, trying to escape and suffering from more than just war. inside a camp for syrian refugees that is still in harm's way. [ male announcer ] break the grip of back or arthritis pain with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. >>> help is on the way for...
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the house has avoided the fiscal cliff, but it has also avoided superstorm sandy. the house adjourned last night without voting on a bill that would have sent billions to help recovery efforts across the northeast. the senate approved a $60 billion bill last week, but the house decided not to bring up any other legislation. just a short time ago, i spoke with new york congressman peter king. he places the blame squarely on the shoulders of house speaker john boehner. >> he walked off the floor, he refused to tell us why, give us any indication of warning, and eric cantor met with us throughout the week, he devised the strategy how he would bring it to the floor to make it acceptable, to let republicans who wanted to vote against certain partments of the bill, they could do that, but the bill was going to pass, but the bottom line is, the republican speaker walked off the floor without allowing a vote. i'm just saying these people have no problem finding new york when they're trying to raise money. they raise millions in new york city and new jersey. they sent gover
the house has avoided the fiscal cliff, but it has also avoided superstorm sandy. the house adjourned last night without voting on a bill that would have sent billions to help recovery efforts across the northeast. the senate approved a $60 billion bill last week, but the house decided not to bring up any other legislation. just a short time ago, i spoke with new york congressman peter king. he places the blame squarely on the shoulders of house speaker john boehner. >> he walked off the...
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can speaker john boehner keep his job after the debacle over aid for superstorm sandy? >>> plus your money, your taxes, new concern this morning over when you can expect your tax refund from uncle sam. the cnn money team is on it. and this -- >> he said touching that pole, but it's really not. >> it's really not. and move over, erin andrews, a 3-year-old football fan may be around your job. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> good morning. it's been more than five months since a gunman opened fire. in just two weeks, that complex in aurora will reopen. 12 people were killed in july. 58 were injured. cinemark invited those families to a special evening of remembrance, but that offer has upset a lot of families. their response. they sent us this invite two days after christmas. how insensitive can you possibly be? they never even offered condolences. we will not be used as pawn to help them with ticket sales. the offer of a free ticket for a family member and a guest is despicable. our family members paid for their ticket with nair lives. listen to one family member. >> that
can speaker john boehner keep his job after the debacle over aid for superstorm sandy? >>> plus your money, your taxes, new concern this morning over when you can expect your tax refund from uncle sam. the cnn money team is on it. and this -- >> he said touching that pole, but it's really not. >> it's really not. and move over, erin andrews, a 3-year-old football fan may be around your job. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> good morning. it's been more...
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that may be offset by superstorm sandy. construction jobs jumped by 30,000. another factor, businesses cut back on spending and hiring because of the uncertainty about what was going to happen with the 2012 tax roles and add to that the revisions for the december jobs report. this includes revisions that go back five years so this is really why there are so many reasons why you may just want to take this jobs report with a grain of salt, and also the december jobs report it also shows that the jobs market is barely keeping one population growth. did you know for the last two years, victor, the average number of jobs created per month is about 153,000? so this is really more of just a flat line, not really enough momentum. what you see is a jobs market that's treading water. victor? >> plus five, minus five for the first couple of minutes of the trading day, considering what we saw on wednesday and thursday, yeah, that looks like an eh response from wall street. alison kosik, thank you very much. >>> some people are being slapped with a huge bill all because o
that may be offset by superstorm sandy. construction jobs jumped by 30,000. another factor, businesses cut back on spending and hiring because of the uncertainty about what was going to happen with the 2012 tax roles and add to that the revisions for the december jobs report. this includes revisions that go back five years so this is really why there are so many reasons why you may just want to take this jobs report with a grain of salt, and also the december jobs report it also shows that the...
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sandy. today the vote. my next guest says this fight is a sign of, quote, civil war in the gop. take tylenol or take, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. >>> hurricane sandy victims may be in the eye of another storm but this one is all hot air. it is a political storm. today the house passed the first part of a sandy disaster relief package, $9.7 billion but it was supposed to be $60 billion. so some republicans howled after speakerer john boehner scrapped a vote on that. new jersey governor said this is why americans hate congress. the house is going to consider the rest of everything, the rest of the $51 billion later on this month. in the meantime eral lewis joins us from new york. i want to quote for our audience something you wrote in that piece. i would love it if you could lay out for m
sandy. today the vote. my next guest says this fight is a sign of, quote, civil war in the gop. take tylenol or take, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. >>> hurricane sandy victims may be in the eye of another storm but this one is all hot air. it is a political storm. today the house...
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the house approved $9.7 billion in relief for victims of superstorm sandy. that's basically going to inject money into the flood insurance program so people who are filing claims for that insurance money are able to get the money. the rest of that money as we've been reporting all morning still sort of up in the air. they expect a vote around january 15th to approve the rest of it. that is, of course, if it makes it through the house. all of this started over again with the new congress. it's all starting in the house and over the to the senate. so a lot of business to take care of this afternoon. >> all right. jim acosta, we'll bring it live as soon as the formal session begins and they'll be walking those ballots and we'll see what the vice president does this time. last go-around yesterday he was hamming up for the kids as family members were participating. thanks, jim. we'll talk about jobs. there are new numbers out today. they show our economy ended the year by adding 155,000 jobs. unemployment stayed steady at 7.8%. danny is here. you were very optimi
the house approved $9.7 billion in relief for victims of superstorm sandy. that's basically going to inject money into the flood insurance program so people who are filing claims for that insurance money are able to get the money. the rest of that money as we've been reporting all morning still sort of up in the air. they expect a vote around january 15th to approve the rest of it. that is, of course, if it makes it through the house. all of this started over again with the new congress. it's...
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we're going to start with superstorm sandy. at anytime now, any minute, new jersey governor chris christie set to hold a news conference on the fight over aid to victims of superstorm sandy. these victims may have to wait for months for help, because your congress just cannot get it together. unless, unless a meeting this hour provides a last minute fix, house lawmakers will leave town would the passing an aid package to help sandy survivors rebuild their homes and their lives. lawmakers from areas affected by sandy are furious that the senate-passed bill may die. republican congressman peter king says it is all speaker boehner's fault. >> speaker boehner is the one. he walked off the floor. he refused to toll us why. refused to give us any indication or warning whatsoever. i'm saying anyone from new york and new jersey who contributes one penny to the republican congressional campaign committee should have their head examined. i would not give one penny to these people based on what they did to us last night. i would say -- i'
we're going to start with superstorm sandy. at anytime now, any minute, new jersey governor chris christie set to hold a news conference on the fight over aid to victims of superstorm sandy. these victims may have to wait for months for help, because your congress just cannot get it together. unless, unless a meeting this hour provides a last minute fix, house lawmakers will leave town would the passing an aid package to help sandy survivors rebuild their homes and their lives. lawmakers from...
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that's the biggest increase we've seen since superstorm sandy which was, what, a year ago. most of these claims numbers are actually coming from people who are sort of backlogged from these processing problems that were happening in california. then you look at the numbers again and you see a big chunk of those claims numbers. 15,000 of them are because of layoffs of nonfederal workers. i'm talking about contractors, people who work at companies like lockheed martin. these companies have had workers who were furlowed. you're seeing just how these -- 15,000 people in one week, who have only filed for jobless claims numbers, how they're being affected. next week we'll see the numbers on government employees who were furloughed. they're counted differently. carol? >> alison kosik, thank you. >>> torch gate, the olympic torch not so fiery in russia. the flame has gone out four times since sunday. at one point a security guard had to use a cigarette lighter to reignite it. russians are calling for a criminal investigation because, you know, this thing isn't supposed to go out. o
that's the biggest increase we've seen since superstorm sandy which was, what, a year ago. most of these claims numbers are actually coming from people who are sort of backlogged from these processing problems that were happening in california. then you look at the numbers again and you see a big chunk of those claims numbers. 15,000 of them are because of layoffs of nonfederal workers. i'm talking about contractors, people who work at companies like lockheed martin. these companies have had...
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then superstorm sandy and the sandy hook shootings battered the northeast. and they thought, let's do it again closer to home. with the sandy ground project was born. shepherded in by the new jersey firefighters, mutual benevolent association. >> his favorite color was teal green, so that's why the tl. >> like mark and jackie who lost their son, daniel. >> i mean, all kids love playground. but daniel did have a special thing for playground. he would get into a playground somewhere and he didn't know the kids and he would start playing with them and get a game going. >> pink is for the flamingos that she loved. >> carlos lost his 27-year-old daughter, victoria, a teach. >> every playground with that we build, she is looking down with her students. saying this is a beautiful thing. >> in the end, that is what this is all about. resteling against events of unspeakable ugliness to find beauty, happiness and hope once again. tom foreman, cnn. >> i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for
then superstorm sandy and the sandy hook shootings battered the northeast. and they thought, let's do it again closer to home. with the sandy ground project was born. shepherded in by the new jersey firefighters, mutual benevolent association. >> his favorite color was teal green, so that's why the tl. >> like mark and jackie who lost their son, daniel. >> i mean, all kids love playground. but daniel did have a special thing for playground. he would get into a playground...
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sandy, but man, was he mad. the speaker heard at least from him and a lot of other people and changed the tune of congress. we wanted to get peter king's reaction, actually, now that john boehner has relented and the new congress is going to move forward on this relief. take a listen to congressman's king's response and some other thorny issues i asked about last night. suggested that anybody who game money to the republican congressional campaign committee would be, i think in your words, nuts. do you still feel that way? >> well, sometimes you have to use shock treatment to get results. that's part of what i was doing. >> do you still feel that way? >> listen, if this goes forward the way it is, as far as i'm concerned, what's done is done, over and gone forever. now we go forward. >>> in the same vein, i want to talk about your colleague hal rogers, who some say we are insensitive comments, that fema's not money to bridge the gap, what's the crisis? but you suggested that hal rogers better not come to new yor
sandy, but man, was he mad. the speaker heard at least from him and a lot of other people and changed the tune of congress. we wanted to get peter king's reaction, actually, now that john boehner has relented and the new congress is going to move forward on this relief. take a listen to congressman's king's response and some other thorny issues i asked about last night. suggested that anybody who game money to the republican congressional campaign committee would be, i think in your words,...
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it's been almost four months since superstorm sandy hit. and property owners are still fighting every day with their insurance companies. >> i have to run to the bank two fridays ago and beg them to give me a loan so i can pay the contractor. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptoms... then he gave me some blood tests. showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number -- not just me. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% (testosterone gel). the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy, increases testosterone when used daily. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see unexpected signs of early puberty in a child, or signs in a woman, which may include changes in body hair or a large increase in
it's been almost four months since superstorm sandy hit. and property owners are still fighting every day with their insurance companies. >> i have to run to the bank two fridays ago and beg them to give me a loan so i can pay the contractor. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my...
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. >>> other news we're polling right now, we remember superstorm sandy, the massive storm blew ashore a year ago flooding homes and businesses along shores of new jersey and new york and killing more than 100 people. a new united nations report says it could happen again and it's 95% certain humans are big contributors to climate change. according to this new u.n. report, humans are responsible for at least half of the observed increase in global temperatures since the 1950s. we apparently driveway too many cars, use too much fossil fuel like coal and i'll 0 if you believe this report. the period from 1981 to 2010 was the warmest time in the last eight centuries. and sea levels are rising because of warming oceans and a melting ice cap. secretary of state john kerry says the u.n. report should be as a warning to those who doubt global warming. in a statement following the report, the secretary said, and i'm quoting him now, "those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire." and former vice president al gore adds, once again i'm quoting him, "the climate
. >>> other news we're polling right now, we remember superstorm sandy, the massive storm blew ashore a year ago flooding homes and businesses along shores of new jersey and new york and killing more than 100 people. a new united nations report says it could happen again and it's 95% certain humans are big contributors to climate change. according to this new u.n. report, humans are responsible for at least half of the observed increase in global temperatures since the 1950s. we...
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sandy. despite the tongue-lashing they got from new jersey governor chris christie. >> shame on you. shame on congress. >> reporter: the fact that the rest of the storm relief is now up in the air until a vote late thermowas a letdown for new york and new jersey lawmakers. even the freshmen. >> i'm new here. i don't know all the rules of washington, but it sure seems like the rule here is to put off till tomorrow what should be done today. >> reporter: it was a return to the reality of broken government in washington. >> take a chance on your reputation here. >> reporter: after all that goodwill on display when vice president joe biden was swearing in members of the 113th congress and hamming it up with their loved ones. one day later we asked the vice president if things have changed. back to a season of bipartisan here? his response off camera, "we're back to certifying the election." biden was heading into the house to confirm the results of the presidential election, a ritual mandated in
sandy. despite the tongue-lashing they got from new jersey governor chris christie. >> shame on you. shame on congress. >> reporter: the fact that the rest of the storm relief is now up in the air until a vote late thermowas a letdown for new york and new jersey lawmakers. even the freshmen. >> i'm new here. i don't know all the rules of washington, but it sure seems like the rule here is to put off till tomorrow what should be done today. >> reporter: it was a return to...
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then superstorm sandy and the sandy hook shootings battered the northeast, and they thought, let's do it again closer to home. so the sandy ground project was born. shepherded by the new jersey firefighters mutual benevolent association. >> his favorite color was blue-green, so that's why the teal. >> the effort has brought together donors. volunteers, and victims' families. >> are you on? >> yeah. >> like mark and jackie barden, who lost their son, daniel. >> all kids love playgrounds, but daniel did have a special thing for playgrounds. he would get in, didn't know the kids, and start playing with them and get a game going. >> the pink is for the flamingoes she loved. >> carlos lost his 27-year-old daughter, victoria. a teacher. >> and every playground we build, she's looking down where her students, saying this is a beautiful thing. >> in the end, that is what this is all about. wrestling against events of unspeakable ugliness to find beauty. happiness, and hope once again. tom foreman, cnn. >>> secretary of state john kerry has gone back to the waterways of vietnam. 44 years ago,
then superstorm sandy and the sandy hook shootings battered the northeast, and they thought, let's do it again closer to home. so the sandy ground project was born. shepherded by the new jersey firefighters mutual benevolent association. >> his favorite color was blue-green, so that's why the teal. >> the effort has brought together donors. volunteers, and victims' families. >> are you on? >> yeah. >> like mark and jackie barden, who lost their son, daniel....
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last year superstorm sandy hit the northeast in late october. forecasters don't know why this year has been so quiet but say another situation like sandy is extremely unlikely. >> this is really the peak or at least the end of the peak of hurricane season right now. we are still in it. there will be more storms this year. >> reporter: fredricka, the biggest change, the winds are picking up on the coastline. we have karen pretty far offshore, still about 100 miles off the coast of louisiana. currently it has actually weakened 60-mile-per-hour winds. still, though, it has the ability to strengthen into a category 1 hurricane. the important thing to note whether this is a strong tropical storm or weak hurricane, you're still going to be talking about very similar effects here, anywhere from 4-8 inches of rain is possible, isolated amounts up to 12 inches on the right side of the storm as it makes its way inland. also in the same sector, we talk about storm surge, 1 to 3 feet, 2 to even 4 feet. so that will be a concern. the biggest concern is going
last year superstorm sandy hit the northeast in late october. forecasters don't know why this year has been so quiet but say another situation like sandy is extremely unlikely. >> this is really the peak or at least the end of the peak of hurricane season right now. we are still in it. there will be more storms this year. >> reporter: fredricka, the biggest change, the winds are picking up on the coastline. we have karen pretty far offshore, still about 100 miles off the coast of...
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sandy aid. i want to ask you that, but in a moment we want to get back to the floor here. house and senate members taking the oath of office. let's listen in. >> you're being to enter so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. congratulations. [ applause ] >> we are watching representative tammy baldwin. she is signing the pledge, the oath that she has taken the vice president swearing in the senators there on the floor. we are now watching from wyoming john barbarraso. i talked to him the other day about his impressions and what he's looking forward to. that's sherry brown of ohio signing and giving the congratulations and, of course, the handshakes. wolf, i want you to talk a little bit about this moment and what this means. you have new senators who are signing the pledge there. there are 13 new senators that signed on. this is a special moment for our country. >> they bring in a few senators at a time to be sworn in by the president of the united states, who is the vice president
sandy aid. i want to ask you that, but in a moment we want to get back to the floor here. house and senate members taking the oath of office. let's listen in. >> you're being to enter so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. congratulations. [ applause ] >> we are watching representative tammy baldwin. she is signing the pledge, the oath that she has taken the vice president swearing in the senators there on the floor. we are now watching from wyoming john...
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the yankees team captain is banging the drum for climate change, after superstorm sandy, he said the issue must be addressed. >>> home improvement giant lowe's plans to hire 54,000 part-time workers this spring and will also add 9,000 permanent part-time jobs. the company says it's looking to beef up staff around peak shopping times. >>> we're watching shares of apple dive, i mean dive today following an earnings report that fell short of analyst expectations. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange and you prekik d predicted this and as always you were right. >> reporter: as always. we're watching apple shares drop like a rock down 11%. we look at what apple said in its earnings after the bell. they cannibalized themselves. people wound out buying lower priced products, instead of buying the iphone 4, more bought the iphone 4 or 4s. instead of the ipad they bought the ipad mini. apple reported record profits. they sold 48 million iphones in the latest quarter, more than half a million iphones sold every day in october, november, and december combined. you look at their ipad s
the yankees team captain is banging the drum for climate change, after superstorm sandy, he said the issue must be addressed. >>> home improvement giant lowe's plans to hire 54,000 part-time workers this spring and will also add 9,000 permanent part-time jobs. the company says it's looking to beef up staff around peak shopping times. >>> we're watching shares of apple dive, i mean dive today following an earnings report that fell short of analyst expectations. alison kosik is...
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and even after superstorm sandy refused to stay at a hotel. he also didn't like being touched. >> still to come in the "newsroom", dangerous and toxic toys still on store shelves. what to look out for to keep the kids safe this holiday season. that's next. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? ♪ when you think about it, isn't that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love? ♪ like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains... you can't help but see the good. female announcer: sunday's your last chance sunday's your last chance to save big during sleep train's triple choi
and even after superstorm sandy refused to stay at a hotel. he also didn't like being touched. >> still to come in the "newsroom", dangerous and toxic toys still on store shelves. what to look out for to keep the kids safe this holiday season. that's next. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay...
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sandy. >> there is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims, the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. >> reporter: he complained new jersey is still waiting for the bulk of the aide money. >> new jersey, both republicans and democrats, will never stand silent when our citizens are being shortchanged. >> reporter: many in the gop who gave christie a pass for standing shoulder to shoulder with obama now wonder if he is just piling on. needlessly bashing republicans because it is the popular thing to do. >>> most republicans view this as, yes, he has been bashing the speaker but he was doing it to protect his state. he is going to have to switch that out pretty quickly. the. >> if he did it on a weekly basis, he might as well switch parties. >> either way, he is popular in new jersey with a new poll finding. he has a 73% approval rating that should ease his way into re-election this year. >>> christie appears to be showing his party a more moderate way forward. he is open to discussing a federal assault weapons ban. as for the white house,
sandy. >> there is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims, the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. >> reporter: he complained new jersey is still waiting for the bulk of the aide money. >> new jersey, both republicans and democrats, will never stand silent when our citizens are being shortchanged. >> reporter: many in the gop who gave christie a pass for standing shoulder to shoulder with obama now wonder if he is just...
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liberty island was slammed by superstorm sandy, closed for eight months. now another shutdown. what does it mean for to you visit the statue of liberty? >> freedom, liberty. that's why i'm in america. so, to hear that the government is shutting down, it's like, what have we come to? >> reporter: stacey garcia is among the last visitors to the island. >> welcome aboard statue cruises lady liberty. >> reporter: along with the government shutdown comes the closure of all the nation's national parks and that includes lady liberty. for folks coming to new york to see the iconic statue of liberty, this may be their last chance in who knows how long. >> it's going to be awful. it's also going to damage the economy in ways that nobody has bothered to calculate yet. it's just mindless. >> reporter: with more than 280 million visitors a year from yellowstone to yosemite to the grand canyon, more than 400 national parks are now closed. >> i'm not going to let congress, you know, make me miss the statue of liberty, which is so important to me as a retired history teacher. >> reporter: tour
liberty island was slammed by superstorm sandy, closed for eight months. now another shutdown. what does it mean for to you visit the statue of liberty? >> freedom, liberty. that's why i'm in america. so, to hear that the government is shutting down, it's like, what have we come to? >> reporter: stacey garcia is among the last visitors to the island. >> welcome aboard statue cruises lady liberty. >> reporter: along with the government shutdown comes the closure of all...
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sandy. caused by the enormous winds there. this building is supposed to be the city's tallest residential building when it's all said and done. we're keeping an eye on what's going on there right now. the wind is expected to pick up over the coming few hours. we'll give you updates as they happen. >>> all right, two secret u.s. raids on international soil. in somalia and in libya, two high value targets with two very different outcomes. the first in somalia, in a town just outside of the mogadishu, navy s.e.a.l.s swam ashore. their aim was to capture a man called ikrima, a key player in the al qaeda linked al shabaab movement. this is the group behind a terrorist attack oin a shopping mall in kenya last month. the team in charge of this raid, seal team 6. that's the same unit that killed al qaeda leader osama bin laden in his pakistani hideout in 2011. this time, it does not appear that it went quite as well. a firefight so intense they decided to withdraw without ever knowing if they actual
sandy. caused by the enormous winds there. this building is supposed to be the city's tallest residential building when it's all said and done. we're keeping an eye on what's going on there right now. the wind is expected to pick up over the coming few hours. we'll give you updates as they happen. >>> all right, two secret u.s. raids on international soil. in somalia and in libya, two high value targets with two very different outcomes. the first in somalia, in a town just outside of...
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the ship and the captain were lost at sea off north carolina during superstorm sandy. they want to know if the captain put his crew and ship at risk by leaving port. 14 crew members were rescued. the captain and female crew member were not. the coast guard wants to figure out if there should be any industry or regulatory changes as a result. >>> and a man in texas enjoying the sweet, sweet taste of freedom and burgers and shakes after spending 32 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. so much emotion here. imagine, a courtroom in texas, yesterday, when randolph orledge was released, he was serving a 99-year sentence for stabbing a woman to death back in 1984. 11 years ago arledge got the innocence project on his side and they went after, as they do, dna. after court, he was looking forward to that big greasy meal. >> i want to get some cheeseburgers and french fries and banana splits. >> arledge is looking forward, he says, to getting marry. he's engaged to a woman in tennessee he met while in prison. he will have to serve parole for an unrelated armed robbery
the ship and the captain were lost at sea off north carolina during superstorm sandy. they want to know if the captain put his crew and ship at risk by leaving port. 14 crew members were rescued. the captain and female crew member were not. the coast guard wants to figure out if there should be any industry or regulatory changes as a result. >>> and a man in texas enjoying the sweet, sweet taste of freedom and burgers and shakes after spending 32 years in prison for a murder he didn't...